Last month, CITRIS principal investigators received a collaborative award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a plug-and-play remote monitoring system that supports older adults’ health from home.
The project, HOME: Health-Oriented Monitoring Empowered by Multimodal Cyber-Physical Systems for Geriatric Care, will combine unobtrusive sensors, artificial intelligence and an interactive caregiving platform to identify changes in everyday behavior that may signal emerging health concerns.
The interdisciplinary team brings together Alyssa Weakley (UC Davis Health), whose caregiving platform, I-Care, helps older adults and their caregivers manage daily activities; Shijia Pan (UC Merced), who develops nonintrusive sensing technologies; Michelle Cohn (UC Davis), an expert in speech analysis; and Chen-Nee Chuah (UC Davis), whose research includes computer vision and intelligent systems.
In addition to the NIH award, HOME has received multiple grants from CITRIS, including the 2026 CITRIS Workforce Innovation Award, the CITRIS Health + AI Award, and a 2023-24 seed award.
Read more from Alyssa Weakley and Shijia Pan.